Tibor Rubin
Tibor Rubin | |
|---|---|
Rubin wearing the Medal of Honor in September 2005 | |
| Nickname(s) | Ted |
| Born | June 18, 1929 Pásztó, Hungary |
| Died | December 5, 2015 (aged 86) Garden Grove, California, U.S. |
| Place of burial | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1950–1953 |
| Rank | Corporal |
| Unit | Company I, 8th Cavalry Regiment, First Cavalry Division |
| Battles / wars | Korean War |
| Awards | Medal of Honor Purple Heart (2) |
| Spouse(s) |
Yvonne Meyers (m. 1963) |
| Children | 2 |
Tibor "Ted" Rubin (June 18, 1929 – December 5, 2015) was a Hungarian-American Army Corporal. A Holocaust survivor who immigrated to the U.S. in 1948, he fought in the Korean War and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the war, as a combatant and a prisoner of war (POW).
Rubin received the award from President George W. Bush on September 23, 2005, 55 years after the Korean War. Rubin was repeatedly nominated for various military decorations, but was overlooked because of antisemitism by a superior. Fellow soldiers who filed affidavits supporting Rubin's nomination for the Medal of Honor said that Rubin's sergeant "was an anti-Semite who gave Rubin dangerous assignments in hopes of getting him killed". In November, 2016, President Obama signed legislation renaming the Long Beach California VA Medical Center after Rubin.